Airwaves 2016
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What’s The Good Word: A “Nonference” on Icelandic Rap
HVAÐ ERTU AÐ TALA UM? Everybody wants to know, GKR. The whole fucking world. Okay maybe not the whole world…yet. But it is obvious that the word is out (in whatever language that word might be). This year’s kick-off “Nonference,” a series…
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Grapevine’s Super-Team Super-Review: Wednesday
Airwaves: it’s everywhere. There are rappers on the tables of your favourite morning coffee shop and punk bands in the yoga studio. As inescapable as the takeover is in this town, it is still hard to dodge that pervasive feeling that there is something else…
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Hot Off The Press: Sin Fang, Tófa and Rímnaríki
One of the original mission statements of Iceland Airwaves was to get international eyes and ears tuned to the musical incubation station that is Iceland. It worked. The festival has seeped into international interest. These days it is not unlikely to see…
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Hot Off The Press: Alexander Jarl
One of the original mission statements of Iceland Airwaves was to get international eyes and ears tuned to the musical incubation station that is Iceland. It worked. The festival has seeped into international interest. These days it is not unlikely to see…
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Airwaves Debutantes Part 5: What’s New and Who’s Who
Here it is! The final instalment of our guide to the 50 Icelandic bands making their Airwaves debut at the 2016 festival. And when you’re done with this one, read the rest of the Airwaves Debutantes series here. As you venture out…
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Airwaves Debutantes Part 4: What’s New and Who’s Who
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time. We’re not…
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Airwaves Debutantes Part 3: What’s New and Who’s Who
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time. We’re not…
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Airwaves Debutantes Part 2: What’s New and Who’s Who
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time. We’re not…
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Stormzy Cancels Airwaves, Dizzee Rascal Steps Up
UK grime star Stormzy has cancelled his performance at Airwaves 2016. On his Facebook, he said: He is replaced by veteran rapper Dizzee Rascal. Oiiiiiii!
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There’s A Stormzy Coming: Airwaves Finalises Lineup
It’s 4:30 in the afternoon and Prikið is packed. Really packed—the bar lights are swinging, there are MCs on the counter, and you have to wait your turn on the one-way stairs. The smell of hamburgers drifts above a thickly bobbing crowd…